To exploit the valuable features of brine resources with high concentrations of borate ions, the solubility data and corresponding physicochemical properties (refractive index, density, viscosity, and pH) for the reciprocal quaternary system (Na+, Ca2+//Cl–, borate–H2O) at 288.15 K were determined experimentally using the method of isothermal dissolution equilibrium. The dry-salt and water-phase diagrams and the diagrams of physicochemical properties (refractive index, density, viscosity, and pH) against J(B4O72–) in the solution were established. In the dry-salt phase diagram of the quaternary system at 288.15 K, two invariant points, five univariant curves, and four crystallization regions corresponding to gowerite (CaB6O10·5H2O), borax (Na2B4O7·10H2O), antarcticite (CaCl2·6H2O), and sodium chloride (NaCl) were found. The area of crystallization region of CaB6O10·5H2O is larger than that of other coexisting salts, which indicates that the solubility of gowerite in this system is the lowest and that it i...
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